How all 371 candidates fared in the Sunderland City Council elections

The full results for the 2026 Sunderland City Council local elections are in following Reform UK’s landmark victory.

After Labour lost its 52-year grip on the authority, the council’s overall make-up is now Reform UK 58 seats, Liberal Democrats 12 seats and Labour 5 seats.

You can find out which councillors won in your ward here by looking for the bolded names with an asterisk next to them:

Barnes & Thornhill Ward

Ballot papers are counted at the Sunderland City Council elections on May 8. Picture by North News and Pictures.placeholder image
Ballot papers are counted at the Sunderland City Council elections on May 8. Picture by North News and Pictures.

Syed Mahfuz Ahmed – Liberal Democrat: 502

Caroline Comer – Labour and Co-operative Party: 1,483*

Kai Lamont Crawford – Liberal Democrat: 308

Benjamin William Davies-Scott – Local Conservatives: 751

Reform UK councillors and supporters celebrate their success in the Sunderland City Council local elections. Picture by North News and Pictures.placeholder image
Reform UK councillors and supporters celebrate their success in the Sunderland City Council local elections. Picture by North News and Pictures.

Tim Ellis-Dale – Liberal Democrat: 328

Ehthesham Haque – Labour and Co-operative Party: 1,502*

Alyson Kordbarlag – Green Party candidate: 308

Kevin Leonard – Local Conservatives: 703

A solemn-looking Councillor Michael Mordey, the ousted Labour leader of Sunderland City Council.placeholder image
A solemn-looking Councillor Michael Mordey, the ousted Labour leader of Sunderland City Council.

Victor John Skinner – Reform UK: 1,128

Robert Snowdon – Reform UK: 1,114

Jake Taylor – Green Party candidate: 402

Fiona Katharine Tobin – Labour and Co-operative Party: 1,401*

Mark Dominic Tyers – Green Party candidate: 338

Nathan Williamson – Local Conservatives: 724

Lynn Wynn – Reform UK: 1,064

Deptford & Hendon Ward

Colin Andrew Wilson – Liberal Democrat: 352

Lynda Joyce Andrews – Reform UK: 964*

David Barker – Reform UK: 1,070*

Syeda Shilpe Chowdhury – Labour and Co-operative Party: 823

James Ebere – Local Conservatives: 144

Stephen Lewis Elms – Labour and Co-operative Party: 865

Gideon Oseremen Eriaye – Local Conservatives: 108

Francesca Hodson – Liberal Democrat: 292

Helmut Izaks – Green Party candidate: 395

Marie Isabella McCarty – Reform UK: 990*

Raymond John Moore – Green Party candidate: 384

Myles Alfie Mordey – Labour and Co-operative Party: 814

Ciaran Joseph Morrissey – Liberal Democrat: 304

Liam Murphy – Green Party candidate: 399

Steven Porter – Local Conservatives: 111

Doxford Park Ward

Adam Aiston – Local Conservatives: 171

Lynda Alexander – Reform UK: 1,349

Jean Barley – Labour Party: 405

Keith Leslie Brown – Green Party candidate: 197

Allen David Curtis – Labour Party: 387

Lily Daniels – Green Party candidate: 197

Alan Emery – Reform UK: 1,262

Heather Fagan – Liberal Democrat: 1,860*

Paul Gibson – Liberal Democrat: 1,649*

Haley – Green Party candidate: 171

Helen Caroline Maddison – Local Conservatives: 149

Michael Peacock – Liberal Democrat: 1,574*

Bryn David Thomas – Reform UK: 1,229

Ehis Uwaifo – Local Conservatives: 119

Duncan Wood – Labour Party: 372

Farringdon & Silksworth Ward

Joseph Austin – Local Conservatives: 229

Scott Andrew Burrows – Green Party candidate: 350

Kevin De Roche – Local Conservatives: 203

Ian Henri Dury – Reform UK: 1,683*

Helen Greener – Reform UK: 1,684*

Billy Scott Howells – Green Party candidate: 264

Robert Hutchinson – Reform UK: 1,644*

Jessica Jenkins – Liberal Democrat: 154

Joanne Laverick – Labour Party: 1,187

Lauren May Laws – Labour Party: 1,023

Deborah Mullen – Local Conservatives: 204

Martin Smith – Liberal Democrat: 131

Heidi Tolson – Green Party candidate: 274

Phil Tye – Labour Party: 1,124

Linda Mary Wood – Liberal Democrat: 124

Fulwell Ward

Nichola Austin-Ratcliffe – Local Conservatives: 847

Peter Sidney Barley – Labour Party: 376

Malcolm Bond – Liberal Democrat: 1,988

Sebastian Richard Graca Da Silva – Green Party candidate: 214

Michael Peter Hartnack – Local Conservatives: 1,186

Genevieve Lilian Johnson – Green Party candidate: 232

Malcolm Richard Kilner – Labour Party: 368

Naomi Jane Mather – Labour Party: 380

David Barrie Owen – Reform UK: 1,376

Steve Pickering – Liberal Democrat: 1,649

Brian Plemper – Green Party candidate: 254

Bill Smith – Local Conservatives: 801

Philip Thompson – Reform UK: 1,424

Janet Lynn Tyson – Reform UK: 1,199

Peter Walton – Liberal Democrat: 1,738

Grangetown Ward

Hardip Barad – Local Conservatives: 735

Daniel Joseph Cowie – Reform UK: 1,476*

Michael Dixon – Local Conservatives: 965

Layla-Jayne Laidler – Green Party candidate: 357

Marjorie Ledger – Liberal Democrat: 162

Alison Mason – Local Conservatives: 765

Ray Matthews – Labour Party: 917

Michael Mordey – Labour Party: 1,003

Vincent Morrison – Liberal Democrat: 138

Serena Elizabeth Rush – Green Party candidate: 322

Lynda Rontree Scanlan – Labour Party: 936

Audrey Catherine Smith – Liberal Democrat: 133

Grace Isabel Weir – Green Party candidate: 320

Colin Wright – Reform UK: 1,334*

Mark Peter Wynn – Reform UK: 1,424*

Grindon & Thorney Close Ward

Dennis CARROLL – Labour Party – 343

Margaret CROSBY – Liberal Democrat – 1,673*

Paul EDGEWORTH – Liberal Democrat – 1,728*

Michael David GUTOWSKI – Reform UK – 1,079

Keith LAKEMAN – Labour Party – 313

Steven MUSTARD – Reform UK – 1,128

Stephen O`BRIEN – Liberal Democrat – 1,678*

Paula REED – Local Conservatives – 91

Alex SINCLAIR – Local Conservatives – 77

Mark Thomas Henry STARLING – Reform UK 1,076

John WIPER – Local Conservatives – 63

Ellie Lee YOUNG – Labour Party – 332

Herrington & Newbottle Ward

Bruce Allcroft – Reform UK: 1,520*

Bill Blackett – Reform UK: 1,548*

Donna Elizabeth Brown – Green Party candidate: 300

Chris Burnicle – Local Conservatives: 1,038

Hayley Elizabeth Campbell – Green Party candidate: 297

Michelle Louise Hardie – Liberal Democrat: 181

Paul Jorgenson – Labour Party: 888

Joella Hannah Lynch – Green Party candidate: 250

Dominic McDonough – Local Conservatives: 1,085

Martin Old – Labour Party: 872

Robert Oliver – Local Conservatives: 1,068

Christopher Marshall Potts – Liberal Democrat: 147

Maureen Richardson – Labour Party: 875

Jeffrey Shaw – Reform UK: 1,416*

Malcolm Harry Waine – Liberal Democrat: 122

Hetton Ward –

James BLACKBURN – Labour Party – 742

George CALLAGHAN – Labour Party – 587

Trevor COLGIN – Local Conservatives – 132

Alan DAVIES -Reform UK – 1,340*

Christopher James DONALDSON – Green Party candidate – 216

Ian David ELLIS – Liberal Democrat – 153

Elizabeth GAFFNEY – Liberal Democrat – 121

Kath GAFFNEY – Liberal Democrat – 102

Gwynneth GIBSON – Local Conservatives – 113

Jason LLOYD – Reform UK – 1,292 *

Rachel Louise LOWE – Green Party candidate – 277

Henry NDUBUISI – Local Conservatives – 89

Steven Neil PATERSON – Reform UK – 1,241

Christopher James TOBIN – Labour Party – 535

Ynez YNEZ-TULSEN – Green Party candidate – 185

Houghton North Ward

Felicity Louise Brand – Liberal Democrat:152

Claire Danielle Bryant – Labour Party: 963

Mark Burrell – Labour Party: 969

Stewart Hardie – Liberal Democrat: 130

Sandra Louisa Hobson-Tate – Reform UK: 1,584*

Steph Langford – Green Party candidate: 401

Joseph Francomb Parkin – Reform UK: 1,542*

Michaela Rhiannon Peacock – Local Conservatives: 195

John Price – Labour Party: 973

Steven Render – Liberal Democrat: 111

Mark John Reynoldson – Local Conservatives:171

Pauline Robson – Green Party candidate: 275

Christel Rose – Local Conservatives: 162

Donna Sarah Thomas – Reform UK: 1,432*

Kirsty Elizabeth Younger – Green Party candidate 248

Houghton South & Hetton Downs Ward

Emma Jane Baker – Liberal Democrat: 217

Mia Coupland – Liberal Democrat: 188

Tracy Dodds – Labour Party: 975

Jonathon Robert Emerson – Reform UK: 1,339*

Heather Finlay – Reform UK: 1,477*

Jan Foster – Liberal Democrat: 175

Harrison Hopps – Green Party candidate: 334

Kevin Johnston – Labour Party: 999

Mickey Mikhimade Olowoko – Local Conservatives: 179

Michael Quigley – Reform UK: 1,327*

Andrew Robertson – Green Party candidate: 466

Harry Levi Jordan Brandon Shovlin – Local Conservatives: 180

Connor Sinclair – Local Conservatives: 233

Melanie Thornton – Labour Party: 904

Hylton Castle Ward

Allison Chisnall – Labour Party: 767

William Douglas – Liberal Democrat: 174

Les Dunn – Local Conservatives: 135

Stephen Paul Foster – Labour Party: 772

Glenn Gibbins – Reform UK: 1,295*

Dorothy Anne Hartnack – Local Conservatives: 127

Ian Robert Jones – Reform UK: 1,383*

David Laing – Reform UK: 1,302*

Angela Smith – Liberal Democrat: 178

Miriam Townsend – Liberal Democrat: 150

Denny Wilson – Labour Party: 792

Denise Anne Worthy – Local Conservatives: 128

Pallion & Ford Ward

Kennedy Nomamidobo Amadasun – Labour Party: 581

Phil Avery – Local Conservatives: 99

Naomi Elizabeth Browne – Green Party candidate: 313

Steve Donkin – Liberal Democrat Focus Team: 1595*

Bob Francis – Local Conservatives: 73

Rebecca Grant – Green Party candidate: 275

Martin Haswell – Liberal Democrat Focus Team: 1700*

Raymond Lathan – Reform UK: 1120

Jamie Lee – Green Party candidate: 240

Emma Victoria Margetson – Reform UK: 151

Karen Patricia Noble – Independent: 194

David Mark Parr – Reform UK: 1011

Julia Potts – Liberal Democrat Focus Team: 1557*

Angela Smith – Labour Party: 481

George Thomas Smith – Labour Party: 428

Joy Tennant – Local Conservatives: 6

Pennywell & South Hylton Ward

Sunshine Babalola – Liberal Democrat: 183

Shaun Cudworth – Local Conservatives: 239

Lynne Susan Dagg – Labour and Co-operative Party: 605

Laura Jayne Dunning – Green Party candidate: 291

Godwin Ejeh – Liberal Democrat: 196

Carol Giles – Reform UK: 1,570

Russell Arthur Giles – Reform UK: 1,551

Simon Andrew Hughes – Green Party candidate: 252

Catherine Louise Hunter – Labour and Co-operative Party: 525

Julia Ann Irwing – Reform UK: 1,439

Greg Peacock – Local Conservatives: 364

Anthony John Usher – Liberal Democrat: 175

Jake Walker – Local Conservatives: 172

Sue Watson – Labour and Co-operative Party: 53

Penshaw & Shiney Row Ward

Carole Allcroft – Reform UK: 1,718*

Judy Durrant – Liberal Democrat: 221

Katherine Mary Elizabeth Mason-Gage – Labour Party: 1,005

Sam McBride – Green Party candidate: 371

Carl Anthony O`Halloran – Green Party candidate: 323

David Oleka – Local Conservatives: 272

Irene Onyia – Local Conservatives: 254

Abbey Purcell – Reform UK – 1,640*

Christopher John Rose – Local Conservatives – 287

David Snowdon – Labour Party: 967

Mel Speding – Labour Party: 1,065

Dorinda Olive Stokes – Liberal Democrat: 172

Ringo Taylor – Liberal Democrat: 149

Axel Tye – Reform UK: 1,594*

Redhouse Ward

Louise Ann Avery – Local Conservatives: 114

Martha Rachel Maitland Bradley – Green Party candidate: 232

Shaun Conley – Reform UK: 1,329*

Steven John Dale – Liberal Democrat: 136

Janice Susan Ellis – Liberal Democrat: 122

Christopher Luke Eynon – Reform UK: 1,270*

Bob Forster – Local Conservatives: 90

Ciera Hudspith – Reform UK: 1,260*

Paul Humble – Independent: 156

Sue Leishman – Local Conservatives: 87

John Gareth Scratcher – Green Party candidate: 206

Alison Smith – Labour and Co-operative Party: 654

Margaret Ann Stephenson – Liberal Democrat: 118

Paul Stewart – Labour and Co-operative Party: 684

John Joseph Usher – Labour and Co-operative Party: 545

Roker Ward

Kirsty Ann Alder – Reform UK: 1,818

Sean Patrick Chapman – Local Conservatives: 607

Beverly Grainger – Labour Party: 1352

Matthew Jackson – Labour Party: 1291

Craig King – Liberal Democrat: 306

John Lennox – Liberal Democrat: 380

Justine Merton-Scott – Green Party candidate: 430

Tom Newton – Labour Party: 1213

David Ogundipe – Local Conservatives: 418

Emma Porter – Local Conservatives: 454

Andrew Ramsey – Reform UK: 1,701

Helen Jean Schell – Green Party candidate: 348

Miguel Smith – Liberal Democrat: 251

Thomas Montgomery Steele – Reform UK: 1,544

Ryhope Ward

David Banks – Liberal Democrat: 179

Sharon Boddy – Liberal Democrat: 162

Spencer Rose Cash-Archer – Green Party candidate: 255

James Clark Doyle – Local Conservatives: 196

Helen Louise Glancy – Labour and Co-operative Party: 1,044

Martyn Preston Herron – Labour and Co-operative Party: 1,014

Lewis Patrick Robert Hunter – Liberal Democrat: 202

James Edward Jackson – Reform UK: 1,549*

Barry Jacques – Green Party candidate: 268

Nicola Jacques – Green Party candidate: 284

Pamela Jameson – Local Conservatives: 178

Lindsey Mair Leonard – Labour and Co-operative Party: 969

Carol Ann Robson – Local Conservatives: 177

Sharon Surtees – Reform UK: 1,665*

Pamela Margaret Taylor – Reform UK: 1,605*

Southwick Ward

John Leonard Appleton – Green Party candidate: 260

Michael John Butler – Labour Party: 829

Zoe Chandler – Labour Party: 753

Kelly Chequer – Labour Party: 729

Rosalind Copeland – Independent: 114

Craig Doughty – Liberal Democrat: 220

Ben Hardie – Liberal Democrat: 227

Paul Jacques – Green Party candidate: 270

Michael Henderson Leadbitter – Reform UK: 1,357

Rafal Kazimierz Marzec – Green Party candidate: 195

Jannine Catherine Morrow – Reform UK: 1,305

Jon Reed – Local Conservatives: 127

Jamie Bolam Scott – Reform UK: 1,217

Sheila Smith – Local Conservatives: 126

Andrew Wood – Liberal Democrat: 167

Kath WORTHY – Local Conservatives – 123

Tunstall & Humbledon Ward

Lennon William Airey – Labour Party: 814

Charlie Bell – Labour Party: 789

Richard Peter Bradley – Green Party candidate: 723

Simon James Dawes – Liberal Democrat: 149

Dale Colin Gillett – Green Party candidate: 698

Adele Graham-King – Local Conservatives: 1,050

Glenda Patricia Hall – Reform UK: 1,191*

Zareen Haque – Labour Party: 672

Antony Mullen – Local Conservatives: 1037

Robbie Potts – Liberal Democrat: 129

Lyall Jonathan Reed – Local Conservatives: 1039

Dan Sullivan – Green Party candidate: 700

Richard Steven Vardy – Reform UK: 1,194*

Taff Wales – Reform UK: 1,225*

Janet Wood – Liberal Democrat: 135

Washington Central Ward

Rebecca Anne Armstrong – Liberal Democrat: 337

Mishka Alexey Belik – Green Party candidate: 222

Janis Berzemnieks – Reform UK: 1,213*

Michael Colling – Green Party candidate: 360

Joshua William Hall – Liberal Democrat: 294

Kelsey Catherine Hall – Liberal Democrat: 159

Audrey Jaitay – Local Conservatives: 190

Saleem Mohammed Memon – Reform UK: 1,112*

Valerie Carol Moore – Local Conservatives: 245

Mary Ogundipe – Local Conservatives: 169

Joseph William Phillips – Reform UK: 1,448*

Ashley Smith – Green Party candidate: 349

Dianne Elizabeth Snowdon – Labour Party: 1,035

Harry Trueman – Labour Party: 860

Linda Williams – Labour Party: 976

Washington East Ward

Helen Attey – Liberal Democrat: 140

Nana Boddy – Liberal Democrat: 126

Gary John Bridge – Green Party candidate: 429

Michal Chantkowski – Green Party candidate: 240

Ian Francombe – Local Conservatives: 209

Finlee Gibbons – Local Conservatives: 195

Ian Gordon Hembrough – Reform UK: 1,275*

Beth Veronica Jones – Labour and Co-operative Party: 1,065

Lauren Ann Laws – Liberal Democrat: 240

Emily Lopez – Reform UK: 1,123*

Graeme Ferguson Miller – Labour and Co-operative Party: 910

Victor Oluwagbemi – Local Conservatives: 160

Jennifer Obianuju Orji – Labour and Co-operative Party: 789

Anthony Ormond – Reform UK: 1,113*

Anna Snell – Green Party candidate: 243

Washington North Ward

Ayobami Seyi ADEOYE – Local Conservatives – 209

Elizabeth Anne BROWN – Reform UK – 1,235*

Ross DARGAN Green Party candidate – 328

Paul DONAGHY – Reform UK – 1,311

Jill Elaine FLETCHER – Labour Party – 917

Patricia Ann FRANCIS – Local Conservatives – 192

Richard Colin GREEN – Local Conservatives – 177

Jason Patrick KING – Reform UK – 1,313

Karen Ann LAWS – Liberal Democrat – 102

Callum Marc MCPAKE – Labour Party – 840

Janette Ann NIGHTINGALE – Green Party candidate – 366

Steven James TOLSON – Green Party candidate – 236

Michael Lee WALKER – Labour Party – 935

Carlton Lee WEST – Liberal Democrat – 97

Kieran WOOD – Liberal Democrat – 87

Washington South Ward

Jack Docherty – Liberal Democrat: 152

Gabriel Green – Local Conservatives: 676

Logan Guy – Labour and Co-operative Party: 1,154

Peter Edward L. Deegan – Green Party candidate: 455

Sean Robert Laws – Labour and Co-operative Party: 1,259

Fiona Margaret Ann Mackenzie Miller – Green Party candidate: 684

Brandon Oakland – Local Conservatives: 705

Robert Pattison – Reform UK: 1,616*

Elouise Jade Redmayne – Reform UK: 1,591*

Theo Max Rose – Green Party candidate: 525

Andrew John Rowntree – Labour and Co-operative Party: 881

Thomas Such – Local Conservatives: 664

Sean Terry – Liberal Democrat: 200

John Arthur Watson – Reform UK: 1,518*

Amy Wilson – Liberal Democrat: 138

Washington West Ward

Joanne Chapman – Labour and Co-operative Party: 1,560*

Sam Cosgrove – Local Conservatives: 269

Brandon Mark Feeley – Labour and Co-operative Party: 1,662*

Chloe Melisha Harvey – Green Party candidate: 370

Samson Ibijola – Local Conservatives: 153

Neil King – Local Conservatives: 201

Viv Lee – Liberal Democrat: 114

Paul Andrew Leonard – Green Party candidate: 349

Norman Neil Moffitt – Reform UK: 1,350

Kairo Pearson – Liberal Democrat: 89

Ernie Peel – Liberal Democrat: 97

Adrian Robert Pickering – Reform UK: 1,508*

Patricia Jane Raynor – Labour and Co-operative Party: 1400

Lee Redmayne – Reform UK: 1357

Josh Thurlow – Green Party candidate: 382

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